Legal Opinion

Larry Press Wells v. State of Mississippi

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 2016No. 2015-KA-01483-SCTPublished

1Opinion of the Court

KITCHENS, JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Larry Wells was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to transfer pursuant to Mississippi Code Section 41-29-139(a)(l) (2005) and was sentenced as an habitual offender and a recidivist drug offender to sixty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Wells v. State, 160 So.3d 1136, 1140 (Miss. 2015), overruled on other grounds by Row-sey v. State, 188 So.3d 486 (Miss. 2015). Wells appealed his conviction and sentence and this Court affirmed the conviction but remanded the case for resentencing. Id. at 1147. On remand, the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. West v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Daniels v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Randy Charles Wilson v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2016
  4. James Robert Rowsey v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Frederick Bell v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015

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